Uganda Plans New Anti-Gay Law

A Ugandan Minister says the government is planning to introduce a new anti-gay law that will withstand any legal challenge.

The Minister, who did not want to be named, said the new law will not explicitly refer to homosexuality, but will rely on the penal code which prescribes a life sentence for "unnatural acts".

Activists say the plan is more draconian than the anti-gay legislation annulled by the courts in August.

The US and other donors cut funding to Uganda in protest against the law.

Uganda is a deeply conservative society where homosexual acts are already illegal.

Analysts believe new legislation against gay people will increase the government's popularity.

BBC